1Malaysia logo on Lotus Renault?

[Formula None]

Damage from practice:

[wesley123]

Lol @ the 1Malaysia sticker on the front wing pillars.

[n smikle]

I don't understand the 1Malaysia sticker...

[govind112]

I don't understand the 1Malaysia sticker...

lotus is proton owned and proton is malaysian !

[raymondu999]

Officially the company is called 1Malaysia Racing Team I believe

[bot6]

That's the other lotus.

Yep, confusing I know.

[wesley123]

Indeed, but that is what I do not understand

1Malaysia is the team behind Team Lotus, this has notrhing to do with Proton or LRGP, that is the awkward part.

[bot6]

1 Malaysia has nothing to do with either Lotus team. It's just a reference to the unification of Malaysia. Both teams are Malaysia-owned, so it's just a way to show national pride. Like the little Italian flag with the number "150" on the Torro Rosso front wing pillar and the name of the Ferrari F150 Italia.

[wesley123]

That is incorrect. Team Lotus actually is 1Malaysia. 1Malaysia is the name of the Tony Fernandes team, where the formula 1 team 'Team Lotus' falls under.

[bot6]

Again, he called his team "1Malaysia" because of the reason I mentioned. It does not stop another Malaysian team from using that exact same term, as it is a term of national pride, not a trademark. It would be like saying no one can use the Italian flag but Ferrari.

[wesley123]

Using a malaysian flahg is quite different from using another racing team logo. What that is isnt showing the Malaysian flag, it is carrying the 1Malaysia logo

[Owen.C93]

It's not a racing logo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1Malaysia

[H.Lyoud]

So as you can see 1Malaysia is an Civil Program so even i can put this on avatar

[adrianjordan]

It's just a happy coincidence that it's also the name of the company behind the other Lotus team...

...can't wait to hear the ruling on the naming row.

[MarkedOne8]

Is that Kimi's or Romain's chassis?